Prominent case currently being prosecuted in New York where "law enforcement [have] seized more than $3.8 million in stolen goods from Rubinov" [1] > Roni Rubi

Prominent case currently being prosecuted in New York where "law enforcement [have] seized more than $3.8 million in stolen goods from Rubinov" [1] > Roni Rubinov, accused of leading a New York City theft ring that disguised the stealing as isolated “smash and grab” incidents, even signed a lease in 2019 on a warehouse in which he planned to open a sort of “department store” of stolen goods, the mayor’s office said Thursday. The New York Times connects this particular case to drug users [2]: > “Mr. Rubinov, himself, preys on the weak,” Nicholas Fiore, the deputy inspector of the New York City Police Department’s central robbery division, said at a news conference Thursday. Mr. Rubinov often employed people who had a long history of drug use and of committing petty crimes, he said. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20230525040442/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-26/nyc-luxury-goods-theft-scheme-is-busted-ny-ag-james-announces https://web.archive.org/web/20230525040442/https://www.bloom... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20230513230507/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/nyregion/nyc-shoplifting-ring.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230513230507/https://www.nytim...